Dragon Quest IX - DS EXCLUSIVE!
12-12-06 | 06:57 AM
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Dragon Quest IX - DS EXCLUSIVE!
12-12-06 | 07:06 AM
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That's crazy news. It also was one of the reasons I was going to eventually pick up a PS3. Now if they'll only make an all new final fantasy game using the engine they developed for FF:III I would be in DS heaven.
12-12-06 | 08:05 AM
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I'll repost what I put on SK.
Looking forward to this in a big way! Bye-bye PS3! Not even Kingdom Hearts 3 can save you now.
Well well well. This is shocking. I love it. I love the DS, it is the best, most convenient system available. Plus the already well-established Japanese foothold makes perfect sense.
I would have loved to see it on the Wii, but at least it isn't on the PS3.
If you don't own a DS, consider this your wake-up call to put some money aside over the next year and a half or so.
Action RPG? Like Kingdom Hearts? Or more like "real-time" turn-based battles. Where each character and enemy has an initiative meter that determines when the next action can occur. I saw the screenshot earlier where it showed two people hitting an enemy simultaneously, so that's encouraging that it isn't running around in a 3-D space, mashing the X button.
Wi-Fi is a very welcome inclusion, but as long as the single player aspect remains, who can complain?
DS limitations... Sad, but true. No way will the world be as big or vibrant as DQVIII on the PS2. Voice acting is gone, for better or worse (should speed up localization).
DS improvements... touch-driven menu system. Maps/stats on the top screen and interactive environment on the bottom. WiFi for co-op battle and item trading. Rare alchemy.
We already have a massive community here, anything that is found only via online swapping or play, we'll have in spades.
I say bring it on!
I would have loved to see it on the Wii, but at least it isn't on the PS3.
If you don't own a DS, consider this your wake-up call to put some money aside over the next year and a half or so.
Action RPG? Like Kingdom Hearts? Or more like "real-time" turn-based battles. Where each character and enemy has an initiative meter that determines when the next action can occur. I saw the screenshot earlier where it showed two people hitting an enemy simultaneously, so that's encouraging that it isn't running around in a 3-D space, mashing the X button.
Wi-Fi is a very welcome inclusion, but as long as the single player aspect remains, who can complain?
DS limitations... Sad, but true. No way will the world be as big or vibrant as DQVIII on the PS2. Voice acting is gone, for better or worse (should speed up localization).
DS improvements... touch-driven menu system. Maps/stats on the top screen and interactive environment on the bottom. WiFi for co-op battle and item trading. Rare alchemy.
We already have a massive community here, anything that is found only via online swapping or play, we'll have in spades.
I say bring it on!
12-12-06 | 09:02 AM
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Japan already has a teaser commercial! 
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-UasFXlgBY4"></embed>
<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/-UasFXlgBY4"></embed>
12-12-06 | 09:04 AM
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More (non-Google) translation from the article:
"This is a 'Network RPG' based primarily on the DS's excellent use of wireless network functionality. There is no longer a 'One World for One Person' experience, but is the epitome of an 'adventure with friends'"
"...and of course using Nintendo's Wi-Fi internet service you will be able to play simultaneously with friends from all over Japan!"
"...and of course using Nintendo's Wi-Fi internet service you will be able to play simultaneously with friends from all over Japan!"
12-12-06 | 09:21 AM
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That is a shock. I wonder why, considering the limitations of the DS. I can only guess that FF III must have sold like gangbusters on the DS. Anyway, DQ8 was my first forray into the series and I like it, so far. I'll probably pick this up.
12-12-06 | 09:39 AM
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Wow, I can't wait to get this $ucker in 2007 
Why not make DQ 9 for PS3 with MSRP $70 per game & it'll sell less 500 thousand copies instead port it to DS with MSRP $35 and sell over 2-5 million copies in no time.
Why not make DQ 9 for PS3 with MSRP $70 per game & it'll sell less 500 thousand copies instead port it to DS with MSRP $35 and sell over 2-5 million copies in no time.
12-12-06 | 09:42 AM
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How fast did DQ8 hit 20 bucks? I swear when people were just talking about it coming out I saw it already at like 20 or 30 at Target, and it's now a GH game.
12-12-06 | 10:11 AM
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Wow that vid looks hot.
Big fan of DQ games so my DS will get a lot of love at that time.
Anyways, Im happy its on the DS. I love the art style personally and Level-5 is developing it [my favorite developers].
But I highly doubt this spells doom for the PS3. They still have Final Fantasy 13, Gran Turismo series, and Metal Gear Solid.
Big fan of DQ games so my DS will get a lot of love at that time.
Anyways, Im happy its on the DS. I love the art style personally and Level-5 is developing it [my favorite developers].
But I highly doubt this spells doom for the PS3. They still have Final Fantasy 13, Gran Turismo series, and Metal Gear Solid.
12-12-06 | 10:17 AM
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Wow, that's not what I was hoping for at all. This would be good as a spin-off game, but I've continued to like the DQ games because they've always been traditional turn based RPGs. I'm sure I'll still like the game but it seems like it may be one of those games that's only fully enjoyable with other people like Crystal Chronicles. That's a big disappointment considering they're releasing this and the next actual installment of the series. Hopefully they're already working on DQ:X which will be an RPG instead of a multiplayer action game.
12-12-06 | 10:26 AM
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Originally Posted by Celpacius
But I highly doubt this spells doom for the PS3. They still have Final Fantasy 13, Gran Turismo series, and Metal Gear Solid.
12-12-06 | 10:34 AM
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Originally Posted by noonan4224
Wow, that's not what I was hoping for at all. This would be good as a spin-off game, but I've continued to like the DQ games because they've always been traditional turn based RPGs. I'm sure I'll still like the game but it seems like it may be one of those games that's only fully enjoyable with other people like Crystal Chronicles. That's a big disappointment considering they're releasing this and the next actual installment of the series. Hopefully they're already working on DQ:X which will be an RPG instead of a multiplayer action game.
I'm so confused by this game as a real entry in the series...
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12-12-06 | 11:15 AM
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I don't like this move at all. I don't mind spin-offs here and there being done on portables but to take an epic game like DQ and dumb it down on a portable is lame. I prefer to play epic RPG's(i.e. FF, Grandia,Tales, DQ, etc.) on a console. With the hardware limitations of the DS the game isn't going to look as good or be as lengthy as if they'd done this on a console. Poor decision, imo.
12-12-06 | 11:22 AM
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How is the game going to be "dumbed down" on the DS? There's absolutely nothing in the PS2 or PS3 that would make it a longer or more epic game than on the DS. Please tell me, on a technical level, and remember that I've worked in game development, how the technical limitations of the DS mean that it will be a shorter game.
12-12-06 | 11:24 AM
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Originally Posted by Setzer
With the hardware limitations of the DS the game isn't going to look as good or be as lengthy as if they'd done this on a console.
12-12-06 | 11:33 AM
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Originally Posted by PixyJunket
How is the game going to be "dumbed down" on the DS? There's absolutely nothing in the PS2 or PS3 that would make it a longer or more epic game than on the DS. Please tell me, on a technical level, and remember that I've worked in game development, how the technical limitations of the DS mean that it will be a shorter game.
I don't mind spin-offs and such but to take an epic game like the Dragon Quest series and put it on a portable is not a good idea, imo.
12-12-06 | 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Setzer
Tell me, when was the last time you played a 60hr RPG on a portable?
12-12-06 | 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by Jeremy517
There is absolutely no reason that this can't be as long the PS2 version was.